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Variation of Gwendolen, Welsh
"white ring"
One spelling variation that's more popular than the original, this somewhat old-fashioned name might be in honor of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African-American to win a Pulitzer prize for…
The Gwendoline form may introduce pronunciation confusion -- does that last syllable rhyme with wine or win or when? We vote Gwendolen as not only the most proper but the clearest spelling, followed…
Variation of Gwendolyn, Welsh
Variation of Gwendolyn.
Modern invention
"intelligent circle; cheif's ring"
Old-fashioned and clunky-cute Gwendolyn meets contemporarily unisex Quinn, blending smoothly into a playful choice, somewhere between delicate and zippy. A versatile choice, it could mean…
French
"a ring"
Anglicization of Irish Fainne
"ring"
Fania would make an interesting choice for a child of Irish Russian heritage, being a Celtic name with a Russian Tania-like feel.
Icelandic, Norse
"money, ring"
A modern variation of the Norse Baugi, a figure, who, in some versions of mythology helps Odin obtain the mead of poetry from his brother, Suttungr. Ultimately, it comes from Baugr , meaning…